MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of April 30, 2021
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 85.73 | 10-2-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 69.01 | 15-4-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 38.92 | 14-5-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 38.27 | 18-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 7 | 5 | Philip De Fries | HW | 30.64 | 13-6-0 | KSW | Beat #11 Tomasz Narkun |
| 5 | 6 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 27.17 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 7 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.82 | 21-7-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Timothy Johnson | HW | 24.74 | 11-5-0 | Bell | |
| 9 | 9 | Ciryl Gane | HW | 22.76 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 22.43 | 5-1-1 | ACA | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 12 | 11 | Ali Isaev | HW | 20.28 | 6-0-0 | Prof | •5/06 vs. #41 Hatef Moeil |
| 13 | 12 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 20.13 | 34-11-2 | Bell | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 14 | 13 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 19.08 | 28-11-2 | Bell | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 15 | 14 | Marcin Tybura | HW | 18.76 | 14-6-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 15 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 18.21 | 41-19-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 16 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 17.75 | 14-1-0 | Bell | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 18 | 17 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 17.52 | 24-9-1 | Prof | •5/06 vs. Renan Ferreira |
| 19 | 18 | Chris Daukaus | HW | 16.25 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 19 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | HW | 15.84 | 6-2-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Alikhan Vakhaev | HW | 15.12 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 11 | 21 | Tomasz Narkun | HW | 14.99 | 12-4-0 | KSW | Lost to #7 Philip De Fries |
| 22 | 22 | Sergei Pavlovich | HW | 14.75 | 8-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Tom Aspinall | HW | 14.58 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Ji Won Kang | HW | 14.52 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 25 | 25 | Linton Vassell | HW | 14.18 | 11-6-0 | Bell |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 79.91 | 20-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 2 | 2 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 62.79 | 22-6-0 | UFC | [Interim LH title holder] |
| 4 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 50.92 | 8-2-0 | Bell | Beat #6 Phil Davis |
| 3 | 4 | Israel Adesanya | LH | 49.85 | 10-1-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Ryan Bader | LH | 32.71 | 22-6-0 | Bell | Beat #40 Lyoto Machida |
| 7 | 6 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 26.65 | 25-6-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 26.24 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 8 | Corey Anderson | LH | 22.25 | 10-4-0 | Bell | Beat #10 Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov |
| 6 | 9 | Phil Davis | LH | 20.76 | 17-6-0 | Bell | Lost to #4 Vadim Nemkov |
| 11 | 10 | Reinier de Ridder | LH | 20.75 | 5-0-0 | One | Beat #34 Aung La N Sang |
| 9 | 11 | Jiri Prochazka | LH | 19.96 | 14-1-1 | UFC | •5/01 vs. #36 Dominick Reyes |
| 12 | 12 | Magomed Ismailov | LH | 18.75 | 8-1-1 | ACA | |
| 13 | 13 | Jamahal Hill | LH | 17.82 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 17.79 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Julius Anglickas | LH | 17.78 | 4-0-0 | Bell | Beat #93 Gregory Milliard |
| 27 | 16 | Da Un Jung | LH | 17.54 | 3-0-1 | UFC | Beat #24 William Knight |
| 18 | 17 | Emiliano Sordi | LH | 17.46 | 11-6-0 | Prof | Beat #81 Chris Camozzi |
| 17 | 18 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | LH | 17.42 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 20 | 19 | Muslim Magomedov | LH | 17.01 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 31 | 20 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 16.82 | 22-10-0 | UFC | Beat #22 Jimmy Crute |
| 19 | 21 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 16.64 | 14-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -43 months. |
| 21 | 22 | Shamil Gamzatov | LH | 16.03 | 7-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Paul Craig | LH | 15.76 | 6-4-1 | UFC | |
| 25 | 24 | Ryan Spann | LH | 14.84 | 11-5-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 25 | Johnny Walker | LH | 14.43 | 8-2-0 | UFC |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 54.69 | 15-5-0 | UFC |  Beat #31 Kelvin Gastelum |
| 2 | 2 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 49.77 | 38-7-2 | Bell | |
| 3 | 3 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 44.97 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -41 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 38.27 | 7-0-0 | Bell | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Derek Brunson | MW | 29.70 | 17-7-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 6 | Marvin Vettori | MW | 27.10 | 8-2-1 | UFC | Beat #42 Kevin Holland |
| 6 | 7 | Douglas Lima | MW | 26.29 | 17-4-0 | Bell | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 12 | 8 | Magomedrasul Gasanov | MW | 21.29 | 4-0-0 | ACA | Beat #40 Nikola Dipchikov |
| 9 | 9 | John Salter | MW | 21.24 | 12-4-0 | Bell | |
| 8 | 10 | Paulo Costa | MW | 20.99 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 10 | 11 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 20.90 | 6-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 23 | 12 | Uriah Hall | MW | 20.33 | 9-9-0 | UFC | Beat #16 Chris Weidman |
| 11 | 13 | Roberto Soldic | MW | 20.24 | 8-1-0 | KSW | |
| 13 | 14 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 18.90 | 5-0-0 | ACA | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 14 | 15 | Khamzat Chimaev | MW | 18.77 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 16 | Sean Strickland | MW | 18.45 | 16-3-0 | UFC | •5/01 vs. #45 Krzysztof Jotko |
| 17 | 17 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 17.95 | 16-6-0 | UFC | •5/22 vs. #36 Edmen Shahbazyan |
| 18 | 18 | Mamed Khalidov | MW | 17.74 | 24-4-2 | KSW | |
| 19 | 19 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 16.79 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Darren Till | MW | 16.66 | 6-3-1 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 21 | 21 | Andre Muniz | MW | 16.19 | 4-1-0 | UFC | •5/15 vs. #57 Ronaldo Souza |
| 22 | 22 | Trevin Giles | MW | 16.06 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 27 | 23 | Brendan Allen | MW | 16.01 | 11-3-0 | UFC | Beat #54 Karl Roberson |
| 23 | 24 | Dricus Du Plessis | MW | 15.98 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 25 | Scott Askham | MW | 15.18 | 11-5-0 | KSW | --last rated win -16 months. |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 91.45 | 14-0-0 | UFC |  Beat #5 Jorge Masvidal |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 42.09 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Leon Edwards | WW | 34.27 | 12-2-0 | UFC | • |
| 4 | 4 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 32.16 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 5 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 28.05 | 12-4-1 | UFC | |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Chiesa | WW | 27.56 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 7 | Vicente Luque | WW | 25.43 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 8 | Jingliang Li | WW | 25.08 | 11-4-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 9 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 24.15 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 10 | Sean Brady | WW | 23.64 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 11 | Yaroslav Amosov | WW | 22.97 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 13 | 12 | Abubakar Vagaev | WW | 22.95 | 14-3-0 | ACA | |
| 14 | 13 | Lorenz Larkin | WW | 22.47 | 13-7-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 15 | 14 | Ali Bagov | WW | 22.28 | 14-8-0 | ACA | |
| 16 | 15 | Kiamrian Abbasov | WW | 22.15 | 5-1-0 | One | |
| 17 | 16 | Demian Maia | WW | 21.42 | 26-10-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 18 | 17 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 20.98 | 12-4-0 | ACA | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 5 | 18 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 20.94 | 33-15-0 | UFC | Lost to #1 Kamaru Usman |
| 19 | 19 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 20.86 | 11-3-0 | Prof | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 48 | 20 | Jason Jackson | WW | 20.86 | 8-3-0 | Bell | Beat #21 Neiman Gracie |
| 20 | 21 | Ben Askren | WW | 20.52 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 27 | 22 | Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi | WW | 19.98 | 5-1-0 | Brav | Beat #74 Ismail Naurdiev |
| 22 | 23 | Muslim Salikhov | WW | 19.96 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 24 | Neil Magny | WW | 19.76 | 16-8-0 | UFC | •5/08 vs. #43 Geoff Neal |
| 24 | 25 | Gadzhimurad Khiramagomedov | WW | 18.91 | 8-3-0 | ACA |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 91.59 | 15-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 56.40 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 43.73 | 21-8-0 | UFC | •5/15 vs. #7 Michael Chandler |
| 4 | 4 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 39.24 | 16-3-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Beneil Dariush | LW | 33.11 | 15-4-1 | UFC | •5/15 vs. #8 Tony Ferguson |
| 14 | 6 | Christian Lee | LW | 32.27 | 9-2-0 | One | Beat #11 Timofey Nastyukhin |
| 6 | 7 | Michael Chandler | LW | 30.44 | 18-5-0 | UFC | •5/15 vs. #3 Charles Oliveira |
| 8 | 8 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 28.25 | 18-3-0 | UFC | •5/15 vs. #5 Beneil Dariush |
| 9 | 9 | Tofiq Musayev | LW | 27.84 | 8-1-0 | Rizi | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 27.66 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 11 | Conor McGregor | LW | 25.93 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 41 | 12 | Marcin Held | LW | 25.51 | 14-6-0 | Prof | Beat #7 Natan Schulte |
| 15 | 13 | Guram Kutateladze | LW | 24.31 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 14 | Artem Reznikov | LW | 23.16 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 17 | 15 | Grant Dawson | LW | 22.48 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 93 | 16 | Rae Yoon Ok | LW | 22.35 | 7-2-0 | One | Beat #91 Marat Gafurov; Beat #12 Eddie Alvarez |
| 18 | 17 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 21.83 | 12-3-0 | UFC | •5/08 vs. #63 Gregor Gillespie |
| 19 | 18 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 21.59 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 19 | Shinya Aoki | LW | 21.11 | 41-9-0 | One | Beat #156 Eduard Folayang |
| 21 | 20 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 20.85 | 8-0-1 | ADW | |
| 23 | 21 | Mateusz Gamrot | LW | 20.81 | 12-1-0 | UFC | Beat #112 Scott Holtzman |
| 20 | 22 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 20.60 | 12-4-0 | Road | --last rated win -23 months. |
| 7 | 23 | Natan Schulte | LW | 20.17 | 10-2-1 | Prof | Lost to #41 Marcin Held |
| 24 | 24 | Eduard Vartanyan | LW | 19.69 | 12-3-0 | OFC | •5/22 vs. #146 Michel Silva |
| 25 | 25 | Vinc Pichel | LW | 19.05 | 6-1-0 | UFC |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 58.96 | 14-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 51.90 | 19-4-0 | Bell | Beat #11 Emmanuel Sanchez |
| 4 | 3 | A.J. McKee | FW | 31.08 | 11-0-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 4 | Max Holloway | FW | 29.00 | 20-6-0 | UFC | |
| 62 | 5 | Bubba Jenkins | FW | 27.89 | 10-4-0 | Prof | Beat #3 Lance Palmer |
| 6 | 6 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 27.76 | 9-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 7 | 7 | Thanh Le | FW | 26.28 | 10-1-0 | One | |
| 8 | 8 | Brian Ortega | FW | 24.91 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 9 | Lance Palmer | FW | 24.81 | 18-4-0 | Prof | Lost to #62 Bubba Jenkins |
| 9 | 10 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 24.30 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 11 | Josh Emmett | FW | 23.89 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 23.20 | 23-5-2 | Panc | •5/30 vs. #67 Taichi Nakajima |
| 20 | 13 | Arnold Allen | FW | 22.83 | 9-0-0 | UFC | Beat #16 Sodiq Yusuff |
| 13 | 14 | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | FW | 22.42 | 14-3-0 | ACA | |
| 14 | 15 | Dan Ige | FW | 22.23 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 16 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 22.06 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Yutaka Saito | FW | 18.95 | 12-3-2 | Rizi | |
| 18 | 18 | Ryoji Kudo | FW | 18.67 | 7-1-1 | Shoo | |
| 19 | 19 | Hakeem Dawodu | FW | 18.36 | 8-1-1 | UFC | |
| 21 | 20 | Apti Bimarzaev | FW | 17.84 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 21 | Garry Tonon | FW | 17.69 | 2-0-0 | One | |
| 23 | 22 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 17.40 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Movlid Khaybulaev | FW | 17.21 | 5-0-1 | Prof | Beat #198 Lazar Stojadinovic |
| 26 | 24 | Daniel 'Tucanao' Torres | FW | 16.94 | 5-1-0 | KSW | |
| 25 | 25 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 16.80 | 6-3-0 | One | --last rated win -20 months. |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 58.52 | 10-2-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 45.77 | 21-2-0 | One | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 44.56 | 14-3-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 40.28 | 27-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 5 | 5 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 30.05 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Ryo Okada | BW | 26.35 | 12-3-3 | Shoo | |
| 7 | 7 | Kai Asakura | BW | 23.58 | 11-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 8 | 8 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 23.22 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Rob Font | BW | 22.44 | 10-3-0 | UFC | •5/22 vs. #57 Cody Garbrandt |
| 13 | 10 | John Lineker | BW | 22.44 | 13-3-0 | One | Beat #66 Troy Worthen |
| 10 | 11 | Hiromasa Ougikubo | BW | 21.78 | 17-5-1 | Rizi | |
| 11 | 12 | Fabricio Andrade | BW | 21.68 | 2-0-0 | One | |
| 12 | 13 | Merab Dvalishvili | BW | 21.48 | 6-2-0 | UFC | •5/01 vs. #39 Cody Stamann |
| 14 | 14 | Kyler Phillips | BW | 20.28 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Juan Archuleta | BW | 20.23 | 13-2-0 | Bell | •5/07 vs. #55 Sergio Pettis |
| 16 | 16 | Petr Yan | BW | 20.14 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Denis Lavrentyev | BW | 20.01 | 4-1-0 | MFP | |
| 18 | 18 | Magomed Bibulatov | BW | 19.09 | 11-2-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 19 | Stephen Loman | BW | 18.31 | 5-0-0 | Brav | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 20 | 20 | Brett Johns | BW | 18.09 | 9-2-0 | Bell | •5/21 vs. Matheus Mattos |
| 21 | 21 | Umar Nurmagomedov | BW | 17.35 | 3-0-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Shoko Sato | BW | 17.09 | 18-11-2 | One | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Victor Henry | BW | 17.05 | 13-5-0 | MFP | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 24 | 24 | Yusup Saadulaev | BW | 16.99 | 6-4-0 | One | |
| 25 | 25 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 16.99 | 9-3-1 | Shoo |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results; •May schedule |
| 2 | 1 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 31.24 | 10-1-1 | UFC |  [new FL title holder] |
| 21 | 2 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 30.69 | 8-2-0 | One | Beat #1 Demetrious Johnson |
| 1 | 3 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 26.58 | 21-4-1 | One | Lost to #21 Adriano Moraes |
| 3 | 4 | Brandon Moreno | FL | 25.54 | 7-2-2 | UFC | |
| 4 | 5 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 24.15 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -32 months. |
| 5 | 6 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 23.34 | 14-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 6 | 7 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 23.17 | 6-0-0 | ACA | |
| 7 | 8 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 23.15 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 9 | Askar Askarov | FL | 21.98 | 8-0-1 | UFC | |
| 9 | 10 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 20.72 | 4-1-0 | One | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 20.52 | 16-7-3 | Shoo | |
| 10 | 12 | Danny Kingad | FL | 20.41 | 6-1-0 | One | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 12 | 13 | Koha Minowa | FL | 18.67 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 13 | 14 | Jarred Brooks | FL | 17.92 | 7-2-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 14 | 15 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 17.38 | 11-3-0 | Panc | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 15 | 16 | Murad Zeinulabidov | FL | 16.94 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 16 | 17 | Makoto Takahashi | FL | 16.76 | 10-1-1 | Rizi | |
| 22 | 18 | Yuya Wakamatsu | FL | 16.76 | 12-3-0 | One | Beat #40 Reece McLaren |
| 17 | 19 | Raulian Paiva | FL | 16.56 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 20 | Amir Albazi | FL | 16.32 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 21 | Matheus Nicolau | FL | 16.26 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 22 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 15.98 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 23 | 23 | Jimmy Flick | FL | 14.64 | 5-2-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Azamat Pshukov | FL | 14.58 | 2-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 25 | Ryosuke Honda | FL | 13.85 | 4-1-0 | Deep |